Mystery of the Martian Rilles
[/caption] When the first spacecraft flew by Mars in the 1960's, the images returned revealed a relatively uninteresting-looking place, featureless…
NASA to Test Laser Communications System
[/caption]Quite often, communication rates with remote spacecraft have been a limiting factor when exploring our solar system. For example, it…
Early Galaxies – Clearing The “Cosmic Fog”
[/caption] The seasons are changing for both hemispheres and it's not uncommon to wake up to wonderful, mysterious swirls of…
Where In The Universe Challenge #153
Here's a new WITU Challenge! Take a look at this image and see if you can determine where in the…
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Bolden Visits Kennedy Space Center, Talks SLS and the Future
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden stopped by Kennedy Space Center in Florida to tour NASA’s Mobile…
German ROSAT Satelite Heading Towards Uncontrolled Re-Entry to Earth
[/caption] Here we go again: A satellite without a propulsion system is set to crash to Earth later this month,…
Free Range Brown Dwarfs
[/caption] Using two of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes, the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii and the Very Large Telescope (VLT)…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 234: Lunar Phases
The Moon is a stark reminder that we actually live in a Universe filled with stars and planets and moons.…
Carnival of Space #218
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Peter Lake at the Aartscope Blog Click here to read the Carnival…
Life In A Slice Of Ice
[/caption] Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, a University of Washington doctoral student named Adam Campbell has…